#weeping thorns

[sneakypeddler]

paused the darkharvest marathon to check out Weeping Thorns (which I found through daniel's blog) and I have to say the multiplying empty bottles to signify the passage of time made me cackle.

cartoon timelapse bit played completely straight i absolutely love it

[weatherelectric]

Okay so I'm gonna try to do a review of I hope this is good 😭😭😭😭

So one of my favorite slenderverse series is Weeping Thorns (very minor spoilers)

Weeping Thorns

It's very short (about 20 videos I believe?), it has a good amount of crossovers, the production quality isn't very good, the acting is alright, and the storyline is pretty basic. It's not very scary, so if you want it to be horror you'll have to have some good suspension of disbelief honestly.

I really like these things though!! I think that it being short works in it's favor as the storyline really couldn't continue on for too long.

Not having a good production quality is a big part of slenderverse- it was just normal people getting out with a camera and filming with their friends. It also works a lot better when it comes to the slenderman appearing. It puts you more on edge and encourages you to look for him!

The acting isn't super good I'll be honest. However, I think it makes the characters more believable. It doesn't feel like "oh welp saw this spooky thing let me tell my life story to a camera" it feels like someone awkwardly recording a video when they aren't used to it!! It makes sense and helps me empathize with the characters a bit more.

The storyline is very basic and we never really resolve it? This doesn't bother me too much because I like the way everything is done and I like the characters enough to excuse it but this could be an issue for some. It's just your standard "my friend went missing!" with cult stuff later on.

The editing is 50/50 for me. I think that the way slenderman looks in the series is kinda bad, out of place, and a little tacky. But I really like the glitching effects they do when he's around!

Things I think they did well:

It's charming, I enjoy the characters, I like the glitching for when slenderman appears

Things I don't think they did well:

The acting isn't very good at times, the storyline is lacking, slenderman doesn't look very good in it, the ending isn't satisfying

Also, I just don't like icanseethegiant so that crossover just annoyed me a bit and felt really out of place

While the series does have a lot of issues, I'm not watching slenderverse and expecting like crazy high production quality. It was very charming and I had a good time watching it, which is all that matters to me.

I'd give the Weeping Thorns 8/10

[slendyslayer]

WeepingThorns

Dead, Vlog

It hasn't updated in a year so I'm just gonna call it.

Anyway. A dude's friend goes missing so he uploads said-friend's vlog entries and gets mixed up with Slendy and a Cult and other crossy-over shit.

The best way to sum this series up is that it didn't hold my attention. At all. There are only 20 videos and I got 2 snacks, took a shower, washed the dishes, and did my nails in the time it took to watch them. There was just nothing compelling me to go on or even continue the video I was already watching.

I had no empathy or sympathy for the characters, their Slender Man didn't impress, intimidate or even startle me, their proxies belonged to other people, and a lot of their decisions just seemed contrived.

I kept watching hoping it would come into its own, but the only originality it had to it (slender-curse transmitting via shared camera) wasn't really explored or even addressed, I wouldn't have even picked up on that if someone in the comments hadn't mentioned it so I don't even know if that was intentional.

So at the end of the day I got nothing out of this and wasn't even particularly entertained. Make of that what you will.